CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 135 
range, especially in the interior, than O. columbianus. (Preble.) 
North to the Arctic circle, on the Mackenzie river, breeds along the 
river. (Ross.) Very rare in Alaska, but not uncommon in northern 
British Columbia, according to Fannin and Brooks. 
BREEDING NOTES.—Several nests of this species were met with in 
the Barren Grounds, on islands in Franklin bay, and on the beach 
one was taken which contained six eggs. It was composed of a 
quantity of hay, down and feathers intermixed, and this was the 
general mode of structure of the nests of both swans. (Macjar- 
lane.) A pair remained at Sumas lake, B.C., throughout the sum- 
mer of 1891 and swans (apparently this species) winter on Lake 
Okanagan, B.C.; swans of this species breed in northern Chilcoten, 
B.C. (Brooks.)It occasionally breeds in Saskatchewan, although its 
natural breeding-grounds are much further north. A pair was 
found breeding at Buffalo lake, Alberta, on April 7th, 1891. The 
nest contained five eggs. Mr. Spaulding described the nest as being 
a large structure, three feet in diameter, composed of sods, grass 
and rushes and lined with feathers and down. Mr. Sanderson who 
has lived all his life in Saskatchewan informs me that wild swans 
used to breed on some of the lakes before the Canadian Pacific 
Railway was built. The last nest he found was during the spring 
of 1885, during the Northwest rebellion. It was at Sounding lake, 
Sask., and contained four fresh eggs. (Razne.) 
ORDER HERODIONES. Herons, Srorks, IBISES, &C. 
Famity XV. IBIDIDA. Isises. 
LXXI. PLEGADIS Kavp. 1829. 
186. Glossy Ibis. 
Plegadis autumnalis (HASSELQ.) STEJN. 1885. 
A flock ran the gauntlet and came along the coast as far north as 
Country harbour, Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 
Mr. John Bates shot a pair at the end of May, 1857, on a creek 
near Hamilton water-works. These are the only birds of this species 
ever seen in Ontario. (Mcllwraith.) 
